HIGH-LEVEL CONFERENCE 'ENERGY IN MOTION'

Introduction
update: December 6, 2004

Latest news

29/11/2004tabloid Energy in Motion
The conference conclusions of the Dutch presidency are available! They will bepresented in the Transport Council on December the 9th and 10th, and in the Environment Council on December the 20th.

The new edition of the Energy in Motion tabloid with atmosphere impressions of the conference is also available:

New pictures!
New pictures and cartoons available. Check Pictures and you'll see.

11/11/2004
Conference conclusions
The conference conclusions of the Dutch presidency will be published on
this website about the end of November.

Presentations
More presentations available:

  • Greg Archer
  • Steve Howard
  • Matthias von Randow
  • Neville Jackson
  • Dick van den Broek Humphreij

You can find these presentations at Presentations.

09/11/2004
The voting results of the conference sessions are available.

04/11/2004
The presentations of Mr. Yukihiro Ezaka and Mr. Tyler Duvall are available. You can find their presentations at Presentations.

1/11/2004
The first results of the voting sessions are available. The other results will follow soon. N.B. Because of technical problems it will take a little before this document can be downloaded.

The report Innovations for sustainable transport of the Institute for Environmental Studies and Spatial Economy Department (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) is available. This report was commissioned by:The Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, Directorate-General for Passenger Transport.

Some presentations of the conference are available yet. Others will follow soon.

26/10/2004
Voting session
The questions and answers of the voting sessions on the conference
will be published on this website on the 1st of November.

Conference conclusions
The conference conclusions of the Dutch presidency will be published on
this website about the 15th of November.
They will be presented in the Transport Council on December the 9th and
10th, and in the Environment Council on December the 20th.

25/10/2004
New pictures (and cartoons) available on this website.

 20/10/2004
Press Release
European action for a cleaner and a more economical use of transport (Dutch version, English version soon available)

14/10/2004
Press Invitation Energy in Motion

27/9/2004
You can indicate your parallel session(s) of preference.

22/9/2004
You can download the Discussion Document at documents.

About the EU conference Energy in Motion

What? An EU high-level Conference on Energy and Sustainable Mobility
When? 19 and 20 October 2004
Where?   Renaissance Hotel (19 October) and Westergasfabriek (20 October) - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
For whom?   The Directors-General responsible for transport, energy and the environment in all 25 of the EU Member States, high ranking officials from the European Commission, Japan and the USA, executive representatives from the automotive industry, global energy suppliers, international organisations, the scientific community and NGO's (Note: participation on invitation only)
Organised by?

The Dutch EU presidency:

  • Ms. Karla Peijs, Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management
  • Mr. Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, Minister of Economic Affairs
  • Mr. Pieter van Geel, State Secretary of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment

Process of preparation

1 April end of June 2004

Snowball Groups

  • Joint Perspectives on Clean and climate neutral transport
  • Clean vehicles in urban regions in the new Member States
  • Creating markets for clean vehicles
29 and 30 June 2004

Working Conference, Brussels

  • Presenting results of snowball groups
  • Discussing draft Conference conclusions
22 September 2004
 Presentation Dicussion Document
1 March - mid October 2004 Learning from Innovations', survey by Free University Amsterdam
19 and 20 October 2004 High Level Conference 'Energy in Motion', Amsterdam
December 2004 Handing over recommendations to European Commission in Ministerial Council meetings